I haven’t done a gif post in a while, so here’s some gifs.
So it’s been four years. Four awesome, amazing years. I had a moment yesterday when I was just wondering how I would have gotten through things without you, from graduating and moving across the country to a place where I didn’t know anyone… to moving back across the country to a place where I didn’t really know many people anymore… to dealing with stress when I was haviing lots of trouble with things… to just everyday chores like going to the grocery store. Being on your own is hard. Having someone there to support you, even if just emotionally, seems to make things just that much better.
Although life in general seems to have its ups and downs (and is particularly down right now), it’s nice knowing at least one thing is going to stay the same throughout everything.
So happy four years. To us.
I say this every year, but here’s to four (and forty?) more.
Life has gotten much better since my last update. Work has calmed down, and I’m generally feeling more on top of my bugs and tasks. This is nice.
This past week was Tartan for the first time in a month (San Francisco trip, sick weekend, then two weekends without production), and it was nice… like going home again or something. It’s also been an interesting week for the Tartan. The Fence was vandalized this week, so we put together an article about the attack and a followup article about the campus reaction. As such, I’ve been taking photos of the unhappiness. It’s interesting to see the campus come together in a way that it never really does (and to see the haters hatin’, as they are wont to do).
People Wars has been going well. After some playtesting with Tim, Gabe, Krieger, and Kellie, some revamping, and some more playtesting with Kellie, Glisson, tbroman, and tvaughan, I feel fairly comfortable with where the game is at at this point, so I’ll probably release at some point in the near future.
Tonight I felt like splurging on food (as I often do), but I took the unusual step of actually doing so. It was actually a very nice experience that I would like to repeat… a bottle of wine (I’ve never had wine poured for me at a restaurant before!), an awesome slab of salmon, dessert, and very nice company (and conversation). It’s probably the first time I haven’t felt guilty about spending $50 on a meal, and I feel like it’s something I should allow myself more often. Good food is awesome.
In related news, I have gone vegetarian (lacto-ovo, or whatever it is, since I like cheese and eggs too much to give those up) and am seeing how long I can stick to it. I’ve never really been a fan of meat (I generally find it greasy), and ever since I’ve moved here, I’ve been making efforts to avoid it where possible. Seemed like a reasonable next step.
